After Life Dvd, Criterion Collection, DVD

What one memory of your life would you want to live over and over? In this compelling and heartfelt fantasy from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda ("Maborosi"), the newly dead are met in a "way station" by a celestial staff who help them in choosing and then re-creating the memory-be it good or bad-that will be all they take with them into eternity. Arata, Erika Oda, Taketoshi Naito star. 118 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles.